If you are out for a duck and the taste of France, head to this tiny corner of Gascony
Monsieur Le Duck, 4 Brushfield Street, London E1 6AN (020 7247 2223).
Salad, main course and a side £17. Desserts £6. Wines (500ml) from £15
One summer, on holiday near Cahors on the Lot river, we found a red wine which we were convinced was the essence of the French good life with a cork in its neck. It reeked by turns of blackcurrant and paraffin, of the deep earth below and the blue sky above. It was a languid afternoon, bottled. We downed loads of it, until the collection of empties by the front door of our gîte looked like cause for a friendly intervention. The tiny winery responsible was close by and so naturally, hugging ourselves with joy at our good taste and sophistication, we bought a case and drove it all the way home to south London. Our little flat might have backed on to the dirty rumble and clatter of train tracks, but with the cork pulled on a bottle of this we would, for a few glasses at least, be back on our stone-flagged terrace, the southern French sun on our cheeks.
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